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‘Super Size Me’ documentarian, Morgan Spurlock, dies

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar-nominee who made food and American diets his life’s work, famously eating only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died at age 53.

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Summer of Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing,” which features a young couple (Beatrice and Benedick) constantly bickering to conceal their attraction, is one of Shakespeare’s wittiest. The easy-to-follow plot allows us the enjoyment of watching two vain, intelligent and good people learning to humble themselves before one another.

Stories of the Road

Back in 2004, the Silversun Pickups came to Vegas (they didn’t have a hit song yet) to perform at a bar (not the Double Down), but then they saw the marquee at the Double Down promising that the Silversun Pickups would be rocking there, that night.

Festival orientation makes Bard easier to understand

A string of positive and/or negative reviews doesn’t do justice to the experience of the Utah Shakespearean Festival. The show may be the thing, but it’s the talk that seems to keep a lot of people coming back.

Exciting actors, stage conventions make ’39 Steps’ a success

You can’t be blamed for approaching a stage version of “The 39 Steps” (retitled here as “Alfred Hithcock’s The 39 Steps”) with trepidation. Director Hitchcock is a master of cinematic visual suspense. And for all its seriousness, the 1935 film is very humorous. How could it possibly work as a full-length comedy sketch with four actors?

‘Pride and Prejudice’ brilliantly excels

For those who think it’s impossible to adapt a great novel to the stage, I would offer as Exhibit A the Utah Shakespearean Festival’s premiere of “Pride and Prejudice.”